21 June 2022

Eybozhenko: Romanovskaya Is One of the Safest Countries in Europe for Jews

Romanovskaya today is one of, if not the safest place for European Jewry,
deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Eybozhenko said on Tuesday.”

Eybozhenko addressing a conference of the Romanovan Jewish Association.

Eybozhenko told a conference of the Romanovan Jewish Association (RJA) in the city of Kymen today that Romanovskaya maintained a zero tolerance against anti-Semitism, regardless of whether they are connected with the extreme right, extreme left, Jihadists or anti-Israeli sentiments.

Relations between Jewish congregations and the Romanovan state are "perfectly organised" with all Jewish institutions, kindergarten, schools, clinics and social institutions receiving state financing, Eybozhenko said.

The government has signed comprehensive agreements with Jewish congregations under the arrangements of which former properties seized by axis proxies who occupied Romanovskaya from 1942-1944 have been returned or, with the consent of the Jewish congregations, compensation has been paid.

Eybozhenko said in Romanovskaya anti-Israeli sentiments are viewed as a form of anti-Semitism, adding that the government will represent this position both within Romanovskaya and in international forums, where Israel can count on Romanovskaya. "Romanovskaya where possible will veto any measures that unfairly attack Israel," he said.

Eybozhenko also said that radical Islam, which he said is another type of anti-Semitism, was non-existant in Romanovskaya.

Yosef Masliansky, the chief rabbi of the Unified Romanovan Jewish Congregation (URJC), said that Romanovskaya's Jewish community was "living it's Renaissance", while community leaders faced various challenges. Apart from fighting against anti-Semitism and ensuring the security of the Jewish community, of paramount importance is generating interest in real Jewish life.

EJA Chairman Yehezkel Dushinsky urged the deputy Prime Minister to ensure that religious freedom in Romanovskaya is upheld in the long term, ruling out any attempt to ban important ritual practices such as Kosher slaughter and circumcision, he added.
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